Python package

LIMA's Python bindings are published on PyPI as the aymara package. They bundle the LIMA C++ libraries, so nothing else needs to be installed.

Requirements: Linux x86_64 and Python ≥ 3.7. An up-to-date pip is required to select the right wheel.

# A recent pip is required to get the right wheel
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install aymara==0.5.0b6

The package provides:

• the aymara.lima Python module (see Using LIMA from Python and the Python API reference);
• a lima command to analyze files from the shell;
• the model installers lima_models and deeplima_models (see Language models).

The PyPI release lags behind the source code

The current PyPI release, aymara 0.5.0b6 (April 2024), was built before LIMA's neural modules moved from TensorFlow to libtorch. It ships its own model installers (lima_models for the legacy models and deeplima_models for the libtorch ones) and its own ud-eng/ud-fra pipelines. A new release built from the current code is in preparation; until then, the Docker image or a source build give you the latest version.

The sources of the bindings are in the aymara/lima-python repository, which also explains how to build the wheel.